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title: Datadog Integration
subtitle: Monitor your Apollo Router with Datadog's comprehensive observability platform
description: Learn how to connect your Apollo Router to Datadog for distributed tracing, metrics collection, and performance monitoring.
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Integrate your Apollo Router with Datadog to gain comprehensive visibility into your GraphQL infrastructure through distributed tracing, metrics, and performance monitoring.

## Recommended setup flow

1. **[Connect to Datadog](/graphos/routing/observability/router-telemetry-otel/apm-guides/datadog/connecting-to-datadog)**: Choose and configure your connection method
1. **[Configure router instrumentation](/graphos/routing/observability/router-telemetry-otel/apm-guides/datadog/router-instrumentation)**: Add Datadog-specific attributes and error tracking for populating APM views and dashboards
1. **[Create a dashboard](/graphos/routing/observability/router-telemetry-otel/apm-guides/datadog/observing-and-monitoring/dashboard-template)** - Set up dashboards using our pre-configured template to monitor your router

## Additional resources

- [Datadog OpenTelemetry Documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/)
- [Apollo Router Telemetry Reference](/graphos/routing/observability/router-telemetry-otel)